dove on branch

dove on branch, originally uploaded by emily999.

Couldn't resist another Dove photo. This is one of my first "in the wild" bird photos I've taken with a good zoom. It was snowing (hence the white vertical blurs) and I was having a slight panic attack about water getting into the lens, etc.

I need to learn how to focus with a sharper lens/zoom. But on the whole, I like the composition and esp. the luck of the snow background. It really makes the shape of the dove pop.